5 things your Android phone's power button can do (besides turning it on)

The side button on your Android smartphone offers quite a bit more functionality than simply turning the power off, by ...

5 hidden features of your Android phone's power button

The power button isn't just for turning off your phone anymore. Here's everything it can do.
Android Authority

PSA: You can use your power button for voice typing on Galaxy phones

Samsung lets Galaxy phone users activate voice typing via the power button, and it’s available on older devices too. This could be useful if you think the voice typing icon is in an inconvenient place ...
Android Police

I unlocked the full potential of my phone's power button with these 8 tricks

Irene Okpanachi is a Features writer covering Android devices, laptops, portable projectors, VR headsets, software, and AI recorders for Android Police and Talk Android. She has five years' experience ...
Android Authority

Samsung is making its powerful Lockdown mode a bit more flexible

One UI 9 beta 2 integrated Lockdown mode directly into the power menu, whether accessed by the side button or by the power button shortcut in the Quick Settings panel. With One UI 9 beta 4, Samsung ...
ExtremeTech

Android Testing Power Key Double-Tap Functionality

Google is testing new features for Android 16 that will let users customize the double-tap power button gesture. The update will let users choose between launching the camera or the Google Wallet app ...
9to5google

Android 16 prepares to let you swap power button camera shortcut for Google Wallet

Google is toying with a new setting that would allow users to swap Android’s double-tap power button shortcut that currently opens the camera to instead open Google Wallet and other wallet apps, and ...